In recent years, the music program has tried to expand and become more involved in parades and festivals. This year, the high school band traveled to York, NE to participate in a parade for Yorkfest. The band traveled with 45 of the 55 students, and even after a small hiccup …
Author: Tayler Shellhase
“Turtles All The Way Down” spirals into the hands and hearts of readers
Since the release of John Green’s latest novel “Turtles All The Way Down” in October of 2017, readers around the world have been raving about the novel. The book starts out with a high school girl by the name of Aza, and throughout the novel, we learn about her everyday …
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Speech members talk their way to the top at Meridian
On Saturday, February 10, the Fairbury Speech Team was in action at the Meridian Speech Meet. At the meet, 13 members were in attendance and competed against four other schools. A few schools dropped out because of the weather forecast, but the meet ran smoothly for those attending. Fairbury was …
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NBFF team faces difficulties against Lincoln Pius X at home
On Monday, January 29, the NBFF swim team competed in a home dual against Lincoln Pius X. The meet went well for many Pius swimmers while the NBFF team had some trouble. Throughout the meet, some of the swimmers had to scratch their events because students were feeling ill. Although the …
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Crowning the King and Queen under the stars
At this years Winter Formal dance, themed Under The Stars, Jacob Johnson ’18 and Marah Shumard ’18 were crowned King and Queen.Jacob is the son of Jeff and Mary Ann Johnson. Marah is the daughter of Craig and Stacy Shumard. The dance took place at the Elks Lodge in downtown Fairbury. The crowning …
Heartfelt production traditions through the generations
This year FHS presented the musical The Little Mermaid on Saturday, November eleventh and Sunday. the twelfth. With the school play or musical, comes the traditions. There are some that have come and gone, but there are a few that students plan to uphold. “I like all of the traditions, …
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With the end of first quarter comes the second
By: Tayler Shellhase. The first quarter has officially ended and we’re onto the second. Seniors come back to school from the summer with the rush of this year being their last in High School, but it can still get stressful. “It was stressful. Towards the beginning it was good but …
Cross Country runs hard at District meet
By: Tayler Shellhase. On Thursday, October 12th Fairbury Cross Country traveled to Minden for the C-3 District Meet. The day ended with success for the girls’ teams, taking 3rd place and qualifying for the state meet this coming Friday. The boys ran well and placed 7th with one runner, Isaac Robertson …
Fairbury band marches through Hastings
By: Tayler Shellhase On Saturday, September 30th the High School band traveled to Hastings to participate in the Melody Round-Up. This one of the new events that the marching band has participated in this year. In the summer the High School and Junior High bands traveled to Czech Days in …
Jeffs Fall to Class B Ranked Seward
By: Tayler Shellhase Tuesday night, September 12th, Fairbury softball played Seward at home. The night started off with JV, keeping the score tied at zero until the fourth inning when Fairbury scored 2 runs. In the fifth, Seward scored two to tie the game but Jeffs scored four in the …
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